Donald J. Trump publicly retreated from his “birther” campaign on Friday, acknowledging that President Obama was born in the United States and saying that he wanted to move on from the conspiracy theory that he has been clinging to for years.

Marking a sharp reversal from his previous position, Mr. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, said in a campaign appearance that he was now satisfied that Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii.

“President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period,” Mr. Trump said at his new Trump International Hotel. “Now, we all want to get back to making America strong and great again.”

Mr. Trump also falsely accused Hillary Clinton of having first raised questions about Mr. Obama’s birthplace during the 2008 Democratic primary.

During the 2008 Democratic contest, Mrs. Clinton’s senior strategist at one point pondered, in an internal memo that was later leaked, the ways in which Mr. Obama’s personal background differed from many Americans. But contrary to Mr. Trump’s assertion, neither Mrs. Clinton nor her campaign ever publicly questioned Mr. Obama’s citizenship or birthplace, in Hawaii.

Yeah nobody is buying Trump's attempt to blame Hillary for his campaign to discredit and humiliate our President.

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haven't watched it, and won't. don't care. Trump is an idiot, playing the rubes with his carnival act, and I don't care. He's going to lose, no matter what the polls and betting pools indicate at this time. He's a showman, playing us. Look away.

They erased their own embarrassing behavior following Trump around like whipped dogs waiting for pat on the head. Plus it was a free promo for his new hotel (the main reason he did it).The idiot press got PLAYED by this con man. I hope they remember this next time (probably tomorrow...)

Not only is he NOT apologizing for his reprehensible and racist lies about the President, he's actually taking credit for "finishing" the controversy!

I know that, at this point in time, I shouldn't be shocked at anything he says but I still can't believe some of the crap that comes out of his mouth. And I can't believe the frightening number of people who believe and still support him.

Surrounding himself with medaled vets and having them loudly claim to proudly be deplorables, so that they claimed Hillary was calling them deplorables when we all know who she meant. Getting the media to cover the half-hour for free PR about his hotel and his supporters. He was supposed to do a Q&A but walked out after a statement that was not even thirty seconds long. He even had a reporter physically blocked who was supposed to tour the hotel with him. The news anchors and their guests were disgusted at having been "played" and at how Trump had made a game of things.

And the next guests on the networks were outraged. So fired up. Man, I hope there are huge protests at all of Trump's weekend events. And Hillary needs to keep slamming Trump. He blamed her and took credit for ending the birther movement. His people did that last night in their longer statement, but his very short one today was a thousand times worse.

Fucking coward. Harry Reid's words about him on CNN today were right on. He is the most morally corrupt person there is and cannot be allowed to enter the White House.

And speaking of Reid, Trump made a comment that he hopes Harry Reid will go back to exercising with his workout bands. He basically laughed at the fact that Reid had his face crushed and suffered injuries that have him walking with a cane and he now has only one eye. Trump was saying--as far as I'm concerned--that he wishes Reid would lose his other eye.

I would prefer that trump doesn't exercise. Some people are saying it is more likely that he would suffer some sort of cardiac problem by continuing to eat highly processed fast food while dragging around his obese ass.

He just gave his supporters another brick to throw. They can now ignore the fact that Trump made hay for years on the birther nonsense and can will grab securely onto the falsehood that Hillary started it. And that is what we will be hearing over and over.

It's amazing how true this is. For another month we will hear that Hillary started the birther issue. Donald's empty eyed fembots will be repeating this over and over until the dumb viewers sway 360 degrees. Typical. Pretty soon Donald will say Ivanka is not his daughter and therefore he can have sex with her, and everyone will go along. It's like he's a hypnotist.

Trump does NOT hypnotize me! The fact is, I see him as a liar, fraud and a man involved in incest with his oldest daughter, Ivanka. She is his puppet and it's sickening to watch. I've been involved with incest, so I know what I speak!

Review all those photos that have recently been published...their relationship is sick and he controls her!

The asshole should be in jail, but we all know that will never happen - at least for the incest issue! I wish Ivanka would speak up - truthfully!

I watched the entire Trump fiasco this a.m. First off, he 'used' the military supporters that were on stage w/him! Trump has zero military experience - nor do any of his sons. They have no clue what serving in the military actually means! How those elderly, retired military men (on the stage w/Trump) support him - is mind boggling! Are they doing it for their short time of fame?

Those military folks on with him support more wars! That was so apparent!

And, then Trump finally fessed up as to our wonderful President Obama - to a point. He blamed Hillary Clinton for starting the birther baloney! The guy lies all the time - we've never seen a human like this running for POTUS!

My humble opinion is that Trump should be taken somewhere in mid America - in the flat country full of wheat fields - and someone should beat the holy shit out of him.

Trump is a racist, would be a dictator if ever elected, does not need to build up the military because we are now in nuclear mode of operation, etc. As President Obama is suggesting, nuclear arms should not be used anywhere in our world! On the other hand, I'm sure a president Trump would love getting his finger on the nuclear button!

Meyer would have done a fine job speaking for Sarah Palin and her family and supporting Trump. You know how eager Sarah and Dakota are to be there for Trump and get him elected. I wonder why Trump did not invite Dakota Meyer. Do you think Trump has looked into Dakota and knows he has no divorce from Cassandra Meyer, his first wife. Sarah's daughter can't show a marriage license and that means the baby Bristol has is still a bastard.

That is not good for Sarah's image as family values. Ivanka Trump is not going to allow the parents of bastards to stand up with her father.

Meyer has work to do if he is ever going to do what needs to be done for a successful fundraiser. He needs to be traveling the country and teaching about the crimes around slave labor. The public needs more awareness, get on it Meyer.

He is just going to make a mockery of serious crimes against humanity if he doesn't follow through.

So far all he does is have someone post for him a few things, like send money. Meyer will be found out to be a con like Trump and his charity if he doesn't get off his butt.

If the media stopped covering his fat ass, he'd disappear and lose in a landslide. The media is the one propping his miserable SCAMpaign up and if he is elected I hope they pay for it, each and every single one of them.

Yes, I am sooooo sick and tired of this free publicity he gets from the MSM all the time. Whenever I go to check any news online, 8 out of 10 stories are about the latest atrocity Don The Con or his offspring has let out.Stop covering him every single step, and make him PAY for his publicity!

Then you have this:http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/trump-introduced-by-a-birther-at-event-where-he-walked-back-birtherismI wonder how the dope who introduced trump feels about him now that Trump betrayed the main reason (RACISM) folks are voting for him in the first place.

After the editorial producer of the news pool was physically blocked from following Trump on the tour of his hotel (because she would have been allowed to ask questions!), the pool agreed to pull the cameras and not show any pictures of Donald and his shiny new hotel. Jake Tapoer on CNN this morning, after Trump's dog & pony show said the press had been 'Rick Rolled'. All the reporters were furious at being played by Trump. He also stranded his press pool at the airport yesterday while he went on to a rally where he mocked the press and applauded their absence. He doesn't realize that the press is the eyes, ears and voice of the people. Mocking them mocks us.

He is working on making total asses of the press while they follow him around on their knees waiting for him to drop a crumb. All the better for him when he starts his news network. He is collecting evidence to demonstrate how awful and stupid they are. What a bunch of bozos, giving him free publicity and then being such willing patsies.

So when will the media wake up? How about a total news blackout of Trump, the Trump rope a dope kids, Pierson, and Kellyanne until he releases his taxes and his health report. No coverage of his lies and no free promotion of his businesses. Starting now.

The press doesn't follow him around, they don't show up at press conferences and the networks don't report any of the fucking lies they know he's making up.

After that, they report the TRUTH about what Trump is saying. Like they cover whatever it is and then when they report it they say "Today Trump accused Hillary Clinton of staring the birther movement when it is actually Donald Trump who has been the flag bearer for the Birthers." Or some such.

"So now that Donald Trump -- after years of race-baiting and rumor-mongering -- believes that President Obama was born in the United States, will he follow through on his promise to donate $5 million to charity once he was given proof?"

I watched Rachel Maddow last night and she had Joy Reed on. Joy was the first that I have heard talk about how Trump becomes so passive in a situation where he is confronted. Like in Mexico he turned into a wimpy kid when with Mexico ' s president and then again when confronted by the pastor in Flint. When he got home in front of his own crowd he blasted them both as pathetic loses or what ever adjectives he uses. He always needs to make himself the hero in his own mind.

Remember too the statement made by Clinton in her speech at the convention as Trump proved it true. He was 'BAITED' by a tweet by the Mexican President who tweeted that he told Trump Mexico would NOT pay for the wall. Only then did Trump include the wall and Mexico paying for it in his rally that night.

Michael Moore is. He gave an interview (to Colbert or Maher) months ago about how he was on a show with Trump and Trump came to him before the show, all passive and timid and begged him to please go easy on him and not embarrass or ambush him.

Trump totally caves when he's confronted one on one. He's all Mr. Bad when he's on a stage in front of his approving Deplorables and protected by the Secret Service. But at heart he is a coward, as are all bullies.

Trump is the biggest pussy-faced asshole douchebag on the planet. Fuck you Trump. Period!

You and your fucking dictator statements. We will kick your flabby stinky ass in November. If you haven't pussied out before then. You are nothing but a bigot oozing bigotry. I hope you end up a sick old man who dies in bed and nobody finds you for days. Fuck you Trump. Period!

Birtherism is embedded in Trump’s campaign.Donald Trump Lies Again About Birtherismhttp://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/trump-birther-announcement-lie

Lt. General Thomas McInerney retired general famous for his own birtherism. He filed a legal affidavit defending a soldier who refused to obey Barack Obama‘s orders, claiming he was not a legitimate president until he presented his birth certificate. McInerney, then a Fox News military analyst, argued that birtherism was “serious and widely held. http://insider.foxnews.com/sites/insider.foxnews.com/files/styles/780/public/tom.jpg?itok=rNyjTS4l

He is not only getting free advertising for himself, the campaign and his new hotel -- he is also making a lot of money by charging the Republican party for every time there is an event in one of his buildings. And, from what I read, rates for his venues are Much Much higher than they would have been for another venue. He is just a crook. Doesn't matter if this is all "legal" he is just a crook, through and through.

Hmmmm? Why does dr oz jump in the basket? hmmmm? dual citizenship with turkey? knows the turkey investor? Is the turkey investor, or cause of the drs that want to oust him from ny hospital? rump has dirt on him? oz is muslim and wants to expose rump? I don't know? But have a safe Harvest Full Moon Tonight everyone!! Hope the harvest was bountiful this year (: Lovin the song by Neil Young "Harvest Moon"

Donald Trump is so immature. He just lies about his lies and then lies some more, the way a four year old caught red-handed stealing cookies would. How could anyone think that the country would be safe in his hands? Since President Obama was first inaugurated I have never worried about our country. Beaglemom

Pay Up trump - Trump’s Bad Day Gets Worse As He Gets Called Out On $5 Million Birther Promise

David Fahrenthold is demanding the $5 million Donald Trump promised to give if he was assured that President Obama was born in the United States. http://www.politicususa.com/2016/09/16/donald-trump-called-promise-give-5-million-assured-obama-born.html

I'll mention the endorsement the next five times police organizations call our house for money. I usually just say that I'm happy to pay my taxes to support them but that's all. Now I can add that the police obviously lack any level of concern for our country because they've endorsed Trump.Beaglemom

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